Joe’s not corrupt enough to hold an office in our government! I’m thinking Joe for my temporary guru and plant educator and I’ll work in my stonemason, landscaping, construction… f250 and a 16” trailer with a solid load of my important tools and I’ll move there and provide some back and brawn for your vision… some of your answers we so similar to my thinking that I am really still stunned!!! I know that I couldn’t be alone in my own thoughts or having lived 53 years and studied the planet wondering where those people who were thinking like me. I’d love to add some pool’s to raise fish…to feed myself and other’s and use the water to fertilizer plants or hydroponic a little production greenhouse? Gigantic dandelion green as a bulk emergency food supply? I’d love to have you teach me just a fraction of your Incredible brain usually the Chinese plants in landscape design be interesting it’s very interesting that you’re using it in North Carolina and I need to spend a couple years helping you out… should be able to sell out everything by winter here! 👍😉
@@shelahogletree7711 No, he’s technically not. And I’m unsure how you think a single premise of this video about living in harmony with the earth is compatible with your alternative reality.
Just watched Peter Santanello interview with Joe. Joe you are an inspiration! I hope one day I can visit your gardens & purchase some tinctures. Keep inspiring & teaching others thru your wonderful gardens
@@sacbe107 the Appalachian mountains in North Carolina USA. Here's an excellent video with an overview: ruclips.net/video/0LEoW81mUXU/видео.htmlsi=ur7kb7u9L837VPLN
I had never heard of nuclear energy in NC, but does it refer to background energy, of natural origin? Any way , It is a pity that a man with the experience he had and accumulated, in reference to herbs, is no longer with us.
Fantastic documentary.🌹✨ Im sad to hear of the news of joe passing. I have been inspired by joe for about 15 years . I wish i could have met him. Joe thank you for time upon the earth with us all and encouraging others to connect back to mother nature.
My family is from a tribal culture that many ppl do not grasp bc they don't live in an environment or with the environment. It is refreshing to see a white American that is intelligent enough to live right sized, knowing his place in it...instead of being dependent upon it and yet also dominating it merely to extract its beauty and energy. Quite inspiring and glad to know he gave credit to the tribal ppl living in long houses in Borneo. There's a reason why they lived that way for so long and experience joy by doing it the way their ancestors did. I like how Joe saw THAT and was inspired by THAT enough to build his own which also inspires others as well. 😊❤
It’s not the same without Joe😢…they are using his 50 years of work to make money 💰 and it’s really disgusting! They charge $25 for two hours just to walk around the garden!! The workshops, that were free, are now $100 and you bring your own lunch! Complete opposite of Mr. Joe’s vision 😢
I'm an EX nurse turned herbalist. We both are experienced gardeners, plus he's an excellent mechanic for vehicles or small motors. I grow herbs and create tinctures, teas and balms. My dad was a college professor who taught biology, botany and eventually "science education". Joe is my "spirit animal"!
What a wonderful place. I wish I lived here. Inspires me more to learn and buy a some land to develop like this in the U.K. Magical. Gaia needs more beautiful souls doing this. ❤❤❤
Thanks to Peter Santanello for introducing us to your videos. You are such a good man teaching and inspiring people despite the distance. Thank you very much.
@13:22 - "Whether we eat plants, whether we eat animals that have eaten those plants or whether we breath the oxygen thats been created by those plants" Yes, yes and YES!!! 🤝
We have purchased 2acres of ancient forest on an island and I’ve been telling everyone I can’t believe we “Own” these old trees doesn’t feel right ownership I’ve been saying we are temporary guardians of them, We are all one, 🖤❤️Your little eden 🤗🙏🏿❤️🖤
i have visited mountain gardens for a few herb school field trips ~ there is really no place like it in this area and the plant knowledge is unlimited. great Vibe, great place.
I’m absolutely in love with this man an what he has done to his land an all the knowledge he has!!! What a remarkable man I’d love to meet this man an donate myself to help him an put my butt to work on his land in any help he needs! Gosh what a dream come true
Feel So bless to find this channel .! I been study Herbalist, medicine plants , how they heal our bodies, mind and souls . I am from Panama Canal 🇵🇦 we protect our rain forest us our source of LIFE ..! 👍🇵🇦🌎🌳🙌🙏😇🤗
I don't know I can't help myself but to cry honestly I really love the nature. Nature gives us peace of mind and soul , energy and strength needed by our body . These should be on a mainstream to awaken the people cuz it's a one way to protect our nature😢. Thank you so much for these kind of channel and to Mr Joe thank you and May God bless you 🙏.
I agree. Joe is a legend for humanity and an ecosystem that has sustained life here on earth for thousands of years. He Most definitely should be recognized for his dedication, self discipline, and courage to continue his beliefs, encouraging and teaching others to do the same. Thank You Joe
Wow 🤩Hi Beautiful Soul Brother Joe Hollis 🤚Hi Soul Brother Dr. Azra, I love how you speak so soothing calming, full of compassion. 🧝♀️⭐️🙏❤️🩹Universe is so magical, I am pretty sure me being on this channel it’s not coincidental, it’s synchronicity, Spirit continuously leading the way for me. I stumbled upon Peter reason I’ve found you Joe. Listening to you is a music to my ear, I just keep smiling throughout your chat with Dr.Azra . This is the most incredible night I have ever have , so full of joy and blessings. I will listen more of your channel Joe.. Sending you love & Light 🧝♀️🙏⭐️❤️🩹🦋👼🫶Full of gratitude me 🧝♀️🙏👼⭐️Namaste 🧝♀️⭐️🙏❤️🩹👼🦋🫶🌹✨
Eco- magic.....Eco-romance....We are not the only thing on earth...it's not all about you.....Plants quietly observe, and offer...Learn their language....Respect the garden, you too were planted in. We have wantered off the path, but there is still hope. This video is a reminder...it is a sign to the path back to the garden...but you must humble yourself, and be willing to learn, and come with respect. It's a give and take, not just take and destroy without knowing what you have done. 1 earth. A beautiful garden......It knows how if you listen and observe.
This place feels like home to me and is home to my ancestors. I have a longing to be there. To grow young there. Paradise is what the creator put into our heart with eternity as our lifespan. I love this kindred spirit. He is more in tune with the scriptures and purpose for the earth than I think he is aware of. I would love to take the arthritis out of his hands for him. Yes it is possible and has been done. My life is very similar to his. So much more peace this way. Bless his heart.❤
Omg! Ive just recently learned about Joe! Im giddy now (seeing him on your channel)! He has so much knowledge to share and he's happy to share and teach. I'm humbled and grateful to be his student. It would be beyond fantastic to have health enough to live on his little part of the mountain and do some hands on learning from him! I truly hope the right people are brought to Joe so that he can leave his little part of paradise for others to continue what he started. 😊❤
We just gathered about 3/4 gallon of beauty berry this morning. I am going to make some jelly. I came in and rested and that was when I found Joe's videos and I cannot stop watching. I am going to have to stop soon and wash my berries, but fire or no fire Joe's dream will always live in the lives of the people he touches through his gardens and his ideals.
I am so excited to follow your journey, Joe. I live in central Alabama and have a draw to nature and the holistic approach to living off the land and building a future connected to nature. Thank you for your years of teaching. I hope others take note.
I’m just setting here thinking about having had the opportunity to share time with these two guys during this little filming and how incredibly changed I’d have been. We absolutely absorb other peoples waves or chi! When we are incredibly happy and grateful to just have another wonderful thanksgiving and opportunity to celebrate another fantastic day on this journey and to get to be apart of this magical world! If you aren’t just blown away by the beauty of this world around you then you must be living the wrong life and that wrong way! Recognize! It’s just over! Second’s short and if you are waisting any part you’re doing it wrong!!!
Yes this exactly! I filmed these interviews, spent a lot of time following Joe around to film the additional footage, and also privately explored Mountain Gardens to film all the nature scenes. It really was a powerful experience.
Joe you and Dr azra are such wise knowledgeable men I love everything your doing, my dream is to have my own homestead and start it with my family also. A lot if think we need all these things to live but we don’t,we form a connection with nature and go from there , such an inspiration to us all
Maybe stop dreaming and go to Joes garden with your family it would be a great start instead of dreaming about what might be but never is. Now Joe has passed on they need all the help they can get. Good luck and cheers from Western Australia 🙏🦘🦘
I would have loved to have chatted with Joe.. I still have the chance to agree with him, though, even now, about what paradise is, and about our role in creating and sharing that paradise with others.. I hope to be with my own shared paradise until the day I die. There is nowhere else on Earth quite like our own co-created paradise.. 🙏🌳🙏
*For those wondering how Mountain Gardens is doing after Hurricane Helene:* A landslide from the storm sent a river of earth, including whole uprooted trees, flowing down through the property, narrowly missing the residents and interns that were sheltering in their cabins. No one was hurt, and all the structures (except a tool shed) were miraculously spared, but the landslide has covered a large swath of the oldest part of the garden, and erosion from all the rain has damaged the paths and roads extensively.
Thank you for the update. Was wondering how they were. So sad what has happen so very glad all are safe. Prayers for all🙏🙏🙏 Are they in bed or do they have the help they need?
I’m setting here absolutely mesmerized that I was so so lucky and gifted enough today to have been shown this incredible video of a beautiful gentleman who is probably one of the only other men who I would absolutely love to wake up every day and have him give me some direction and I could go pound it out or I just would love to be guided by joe in the quest to learn more about medicinal plants. I’ve been doing gardening and landscaping my entire life even on the side as I worked several real jobs because there’s something inside my body that needs to be helping my plants… sick plants and tree’s are pretty ignored around a city area where I have lived and I’ve found after 53 years my soul needs to help those suffering trees and plants and I don’t need money… I’m definitely not a fan of the societal system that I’ve been born into… capitalism is that extremely cold and nasty system for trading some services or goods… I’m just not really happy about this world where everyone is always trying to win a argument or break down the other people and take advantage of their hard work or cut their projects value simply to save more fake wealth! Value and wealth and from your heart not your wallet
I feel as if I’ve just been given a gift. A very special important gift. I will absolutely be there the very moment I am suppose to be. And as soon as I can be. 🤠❤️💡
Dr. Bertrand, Listening to your conversation with Joe Hollis today caused me to look inward. I was reminded that all the countless days and nights I spent alone in the Sonoran desert infused me with an awareness you men spoke of. From 5 years old I wandered just outside of my home town of Yuma, Arizona into the peace and quiet of the stark sands and dry Mesquite. From the first visit there it was clear to me what many others my age did know. This was a place teeming with life. I saw and felt and heard what was there. And never once did I feel alone or in jeopardy. Every animal and insect and plant infused me with a calmness I found nowhere else. I began walking in life with that peace. My peers in grade school could see it in me. They thought I was weird, and expressed the bewilderment by calling me "Nature Boy", after the Nat King Cole song that was in revival on the radio then. They did not know what to think of someone who spoke to birds and wall lizards and touched trees and plants. I was no magical being as the song spoke of, and I remain as unremarkable today. Yet I feel that unknowingly there was a benefit from being out there so often. I was never stung or pecked by any flying creature - bird or wasp. I have never had a headache nor the flu, and it took until I was past four years into college before I missed a single day of classes from illness - from Kindergarten onward. Mono visited me while attending night classes to try once again for an upper division degree. But that was from burning the proverbial candle at both ends. So the desert and lucky genetics helped my young body and mind. The only point to my story is that listening to the silence out there allowed me to hear and see and feel things that we too often miss. Twice a year, in the early spring after the first thaw and light rain, then again in the fall before the first freeze there is sea of pastel red and purple covers the desert floor for just a few days. If you are lucky you can catch a glimpse of it by bending down and looking out across the land to see the sand disappear beneath a wash of color. Many times Mocking birds would follow me around during walks, chirping and fussing as I mimicked their noise, to their great displeasure. I have been close to wild cats, foxes, snakes, and many other critters without incident. It seemed to me that everything out there is trying so hard to survive that there is little energy left for aggression. But at 71 years old now I remain naive. I just wanted to share a bit of these experiences with you so you can know that I understand some of what you feel. Happy Trails from an old desert rat. Larry Keyes
This channel popped up so I'm watching this video now & wow, this is so beautifully photographed & relaxing chat with an amazing pair of blokes who know exactly what thier talking about. This is a fractal world & Carbon based & we are made of the same ingredients as plants. It's almost as if I'm watching a living example of the 9 prophecies of the book called " The celestine prophecy " Love from a gardener in Australia. 😀
I have been saying the same about beauty for years-it has an evolutionary function! That is in informing us about ecosystem health. We can’t standardize beauty, but it can lead us the way to restoring the land’s natural wholeness, the health of the land.
I came across Joe Hollis through a video from Pete Santerra. I've been independently studying permaculture, sustainable housing, organic gardening for more than 10 years and am interested in earthship builds, Cobb housing, earthbag shelter builds, etc. I admire Joe's philosphy on detaching from the monetary system and I think it's too bad that these "practitioners" have moved in and found a way to monetize his property by charging thousands of dollars (and I suspect to facilitate these drug induced hallucination camp experiences that have become popular), instead of helping fulfill Joe's dream of actually creating a communal living experience for like-minded lovers of Gaia.
Joe your the inspiration I’ve been looking for never cared about the Internet so I just found you in my older age ! I’m trying to learn gardening and herbs and would love to learn tinctures! I’ve made two. I’m been wanting to move as well … thinking off grid . However what you’ve done is a blessing and amazingly beautiful ! I wish I wouldn’t been so closed mined when I was in my thirties I’d be there with you now! Looking forward to your teachings as I’m eager to learn! Oh I’m 25 minutes from Chapel Hill my friend bread n born. Ready to spread wings to my calling.
Hi Joe- just got turned on to your channel & work! NAMASTÉ! I spent 15 years above Taos, N M learning with Muna @ the Snow Mansion Gardens. Our community practices Bio Dynamic gardening. Äm now on my own little half acre in NW Arkansas. My work is named The One Leaf Revolution; as the land yields mostly rocks 😅! But, I do have many deciduous trees, and knew how to make them into dirt. Not quick or easy; but there’s the lesson of coexistence with our Earth Mother! Äm also still a student after a mere 52 years of my 61 years being conscious of the way plants work. Thanks for your work and hope you have many years to come! ☮️& Power to the Plants 🌱
Good to see you Joe! Bob Burns and I used to come to the permaculture gatherings at Celo until we moved out west, and then to Illinois. So maybe we'll see you again some day soon! And I agree with you about no "design", just let nature show you what to do.
Mr. Joe Hollis visited our school at Long Ikang Baram Sarawak Malaysia when I was little. He was one of the PCB (Peace Corps Volunteers) back then. That must have been in the year between 1968-1970. Happy for him. Nice to hear that he is well and fine. Wishing him well and longevity. God blessing. Immanuel❤
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Joe Hollis for president
I dunno about that How about joe as secretary of agriculture and the fda I think he can do better there
Joe’s not corrupt enough to hold an office in our government! I’m thinking Joe for my temporary guru and plant educator and I’ll work in my stonemason, landscaping, construction… f250 and a 16” trailer with a solid load of my important tools and I’ll move there and provide some back and brawn for your vision… some of your answers we so similar to my thinking that I am really still stunned!!! I know that I couldn’t be alone in my own thoughts or having lived 53 years and studied the planet wondering where those people who were thinking like me. I’d love to add some pool’s to raise fish…to feed myself and other’s and use the water to fertilizer plants or hydroponic a little production greenhouse? Gigantic dandelion green as a bulk emergency food supply? I’d love to have you teach me just a fraction of your Incredible brain usually the Chinese plants in landscape design be interesting it’s very interesting that you’re using it in North Carolina and I need to spend a couple years helping you out… should be able to sell out everything by winter here! 👍😉
No chance that the fossil fuel overlords would allow that, but I’d vote for him.
Vice President❤ Trump is President.
@@shelahogletree7711 No, he’s technically not. And I’m unsure how you think a single premise of this video about living in harmony with the earth is compatible with your alternative reality.
Rest in Peace dear precious Mr. Joe Hollis 😢
Just watched Peter Santanello interview with Joe. Joe you are an inspiration! I hope one day I can visit your gardens & purchase some tinctures. Keep inspiring & teaching others thru your wonderful gardens
Me too!
where is this glorious place?
@@sacbe107 the Appalachian mountains in North Carolina USA. Here's an excellent video with an overview:
ruclips.net/video/0LEoW81mUXU/видео.htmlsi=ur7kb7u9L837VPLN
@@sacbe107Near Asheville, NC.
I just watched that, too. Absolutely wonderful and inspiring.
Joe, you and your apprentices are forever legends, because you passed your knowledge to them and now you have passed. Rest in peace friend.
I read in the comments of Peter Santonelli's video about Joe, that he had cancer and passed away on Nov 7th this year.
Nov.7th,,2023. The Body is gone,,The Spirit Grows Stronger for ReBirth. just Pray it's local✌🏼
How does he get cancer? Maybe the chemical plants and nuclear energy sites in NC caused his cancer.
@sandrachamber1912 or the herbs he used
I had never heard of nuclear energy in NC, but does it refer to background energy, of natural origin? Any way , It is a pity that a man with the experience he had and accumulated, in reference to herbs, is no longer with us.
I didn’t see that! I just watched it! How could he possible have had cancer living off the land?? Unless it was a viral strain??
Fantastic documentary.🌹✨
Im sad to hear of the news of joe passing. I have been inspired by joe for about 15 years . I wish i could have met him. Joe thank you for time upon the earth with us all and encouraging others to connect back to mother nature.
Aw he died. Sad wonder what happened to his place in the woods
I never thought of making paths is ego centered! Interesting!
Filming Joe Hollis was inspirational! We had a wonderful time making this documentary! Glad Joe is getting the love & attention he deserves 💖🌱
I live in Burnsville and would love to volunteer and help him. How can I get in contact with this fine fellow?
I just read in the comments that he passed away November 7th 😢@@craigjones3835
@craigjones3835 He died in November. His website is still running though. I believe someone or a group has taken over his property.
Thank you. Had an old Navajo friend always said “Walk in Beauty ”. So many meanings. It’s become a way of life.
Yes! Walk in Beauty! Nature will hold you if you allow. We learn from Her and the Animals...Thanks Joe, Dr., and all that contributed!
Blessings🙏💜💫
My family is from a tribal culture that many ppl do not grasp bc they don't live in an environment or with the environment. It is refreshing to see a white American that is intelligent enough to live right sized, knowing his place in it...instead of being dependent upon it and yet also dominating it merely to extract its beauty and energy. Quite inspiring and glad to know he gave credit to the tribal ppl living in long houses in Borneo. There's a reason why they lived that way for so long and experience joy by doing it the way their ancestors did. I like how Joe saw THAT and was inspired by THAT enough to build his own which also inspires others as well. 😊❤
I want to be here so badly. My heart just feels some kind of way about this place.
Yes!
It’s not the same without Joe😢…they are using his 50 years of work to make money 💰 and it’s really disgusting! They charge $25 for two hours just to walk around the garden!! The workshops, that were free, are now $100 and you bring your own lunch! Complete opposite of Mr. Joe’s vision 😢
Heaven on Earth! What a stunning place. We all should be living just like this. Thank you, Joe for sharing your beautiful home with us.
I'm an EX nurse turned herbalist. We both are experienced gardeners, plus he's an excellent mechanic for vehicles or small motors.
I grow herbs and create tinctures, teas and balms.
My dad was a college professor who taught biology, botany and eventually "science education". Joe is my "spirit animal"!
I just bought a piece of land yesterday, and now this video pops up. Thank you for the inspiration.
What a wonderful place. I wish I lived here. Inspires me more to learn and buy a some land to develop like this in the U.K. Magical. Gaia needs more beautiful souls doing this. ❤❤❤
Thanks to Peter Santanello for introducing us to your videos. You are such a good man teaching and inspiring people despite the distance. Thank you very much.
@13:22 - "Whether we eat plants, whether we eat animals that have eaten those plants or whether we breath the oxygen thats been created by those plants" Yes, yes and YES!!! 🤝
We have purchased 2acres of ancient forest on an island and I’ve been telling everyone I can’t believe we “Own” these old trees doesn’t feel right ownership I’ve been saying we are temporary guardians of them, We are all one, 🖤❤️Your little eden 🤗🙏🏿❤️🖤
" Back to the future " indeed Joe. Thanks for being a steward and caring and loving the gardens.
Joe is a modern day Druid. 👍🙏
i have visited mountain gardens for a few herb school field trips ~ there is really no place like it in this area and the plant knowledge is unlimited. great Vibe, great place.
Magic of the eco system.
Mother nature is amazing.
I’m absolutely in love with this man an what he has done to his land an all the knowledge he has!!! What a remarkable man I’d love to meet this man an donate myself to help him an put my butt to work on his land in any help he needs! Gosh what a dream come true
I would also be blessed to help him with his land and ecosystem…❤❤
@@dionholmes6443 💕💕💕💕🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼 he truly is an great man
He takes on students/workers.
Me too me too !!! I’m 55 with one son at home left. Joes legend needs to be rebuilt and carried on !!!
Pleased to see all these folks discovering Mountain Garden and Joe Hollis. He’s definitely a treasure.
Yes indeed he is…. I am beyond blessed to have come across his his channel 4 hrs ago, always anticipating when or if, he is able share more knowledge…
this is what humanity should aspire to
Feel So bless to find this channel .! I been study Herbalist, medicine plants , how they heal our bodies, mind and souls . I am from Panama Canal 🇵🇦 we protect our rain forest us our source of LIFE ..! 👍🇵🇦🌎🌳🙌🙏😇🤗
This is sooo heartwarming… I Love to see Joe Hollis back. It is delightful to know know he has help.
I don't know I can't help myself but to cry honestly I really love the nature. Nature gives us peace of mind and soul , energy and strength needed by our body . These should be on a mainstream to awaken the people cuz it's a one way to protect our nature😢. Thank you so much for these kind of channel and to Mr Joe thank you and May God bless you 🙏.
I agree. Joe is a legend for humanity and an ecosystem that has sustained life here on earth for thousands of years. He Most definitely should be recognized for his dedication, self discipline, and courage to continue his beliefs, encouraging and teaching others to do the same.
Thank You Joe
Wow 🤩Hi Beautiful Soul Brother Joe Hollis 🤚Hi Soul Brother Dr. Azra, I love how you speak so soothing calming, full of compassion. 🧝♀️⭐️🙏❤️🩹Universe is so magical, I am pretty sure me being on this channel it’s not coincidental, it’s synchronicity, Spirit continuously leading the way for me. I stumbled upon Peter reason I’ve found you Joe. Listening to you is a music to my ear, I just keep smiling throughout your chat with Dr.Azra . This is the most incredible night I have ever have , so full of joy and blessings. I will listen more of your channel Joe.. Sending you love & Light 🧝♀️🙏⭐️❤️🩹🦋👼🫶Full of gratitude me 🧝♀️🙏👼⭐️Namaste 🧝♀️⭐️🙏❤️🩹👼🦋🫶🌹✨
Eco- magic.....Eco-romance....We are not the only thing on earth...it's not all about you.....Plants quietly observe, and offer...Learn their language....Respect the garden, you too were planted in. We have wantered off the path, but there is still hope. This video is a reminder...it is a sign to the path back to the garden...but you must humble yourself, and be willing to learn, and come with respect. It's a give and take, not just take and destroy without knowing what you have done. 1 earth. A beautiful garden......It knows how if you listen and observe.
This place feels like home to me and is home to my ancestors. I have a longing to be there. To grow young there. Paradise is what the creator put into our heart with eternity as our lifespan. I love this kindred spirit. He is more in tune with the scriptures and purpose for the earth than I think he is aware of. I would love to take the arthritis out of his hands for him. Yes it is possible and has been done. My life is very similar to his. So much more peace this way. Bless his heart.❤
What a beautiful comment! I too have Cherokee ancestors from there. This posting brought me tears of joy.
Joe Hollis has a place in my heart. I really hope that people can relearn primitive concepts and love nature like Joe does
Hi Joe. I have just watched the Peter Santanello video. Really enjoyed it and you have inspired me in so many ways. Can't thank you enough.
Same here, Joe is so inspiring!
@@trylliumt5441 certainly is. A great man.
Omg! Ive just recently learned about Joe! Im giddy now (seeing him on your channel)! He has so much knowledge to share and he's happy to share and teach. I'm humbled and grateful to be his student. It would be beyond fantastic to have health enough to live on his little part of the mountain and do some hands on learning from him! I truly hope the right people are brought to Joe so that he can leave his little part of paradise for others to continue what he started. 😊❤
Yes Amen….
Every fiber & electron of my being NEEDS to come to this place
We just gathered about 3/4 gallon of beauty berry this morning. I am going to make some jelly. I came in and rested and that was when I found Joe's videos and I cannot stop watching. I am going to have to stop soon and wash my berries, but fire or no fire Joe's dream will always live in the lives of the people he touches through his gardens and his ideals.
Your speaking to my heart. ❤️ Thankyou
I’m so glad to see something like this exists
I am so excited to follow your journey, Joe. I live in central Alabama and have a draw to nature and the holistic approach to living off the land and building a future connected to nature. Thank you for your years of teaching. I hope others take note.
I saw peters interview. Back for more. He has lived an amazing life🌻🦋
I’m just setting here thinking about having had the opportunity to share time with these two guys during this little filming and how incredibly changed I’d have been. We absolutely absorb other peoples waves or chi! When we are incredibly happy and grateful to just have another wonderful thanksgiving and opportunity to celebrate another fantastic day on this journey and to get to be apart of this magical world! If you aren’t just blown away by the beauty of this world around you then you must be living the wrong life and that wrong way! Recognize! It’s just over! Second’s short and if you are waisting any part you’re doing it wrong!!!
Yes this exactly! I filmed these interviews, spent a lot of time following Joe around to film the additional footage, and also privately explored Mountain Gardens to film all the nature scenes. It really was a powerful experience.
Joe you and Dr azra are such wise knowledgeable men I love everything your doing, my dream is to have my own homestead and start it with my family also. A lot if think we need all these things to live but we don’t,we form a connection with nature and go from there , such an inspiration to us all
Maybe stop dreaming and go to Joes garden with your family it would be a great start instead of dreaming about what might be but never is. Now Joe has passed on they need all the help they can get. Good luck and cheers from Western Australia 🙏🦘🦘
Joe you are the real deal and a prime example of who we all should be looking up to and for for what we should or should not be doing in this life
Joe you are a guide into our hearts.. thank you so much
I also am in marvel of the great beauty of the earth and I'm grateful to the Creator for it everyday.
Absolutely! I'm amazed on a daily basis on the creativity and beauty our Creator's provided ❤
So refreshing to have found other like minded beings. Grateful for both of your insights. Joe your property is paradise.
Respect due to Mr. Hollis
Merci Joe for your videos & kindness 💚💚 (please keep all his videos up. They are important knowledge/ wisdoms).
He died on November 7th 2023
Extreme wisdom, extremely important.
Thank you both.
I would have loved to have chatted with Joe.. I still have the chance to agree with him, though, even now, about what paradise is, and about our role in creating and sharing that paradise with others.. I hope to be with my own shared paradise until the day I die. There is nowhere else on Earth quite like our own co-created paradise.. 🙏🌳🙏
Joe Is like a SAHM of 40 years that is happy and content. It seems to me he even blends in all that plant background. God bless you Joe!
*For those wondering how Mountain Gardens is doing after Hurricane Helene:* A landslide from the storm sent a river of earth, including whole uprooted trees, flowing down through the property, narrowly missing the residents and interns that were sheltering in their cabins. No one was hurt, and all the structures (except a tool shed) were miraculously spared, but the landslide has covered a large swath of the oldest part of the garden, and erosion from all the rain has damaged the paths and roads extensively.
Thank you for the update. Was wondering how they were. So sad what has happen so very glad all are safe. Prayers for all🙏🙏🙏 Are they in bed or do they have the help they need?
Not in bed are they in need of anything or do they have the help needed?
Beautiful. The Blessed Beauty, Baha’u’llah, would be proud.
Feeds the soul ,Thankyou🍁
Thanks to all parties involved for this very well made interview. Wishing you all the very best 😊🌱
You are very welcome! It was so special spending such intimate time with Joe and Mountain Gardens to film this documentary.
I’m setting here absolutely mesmerized that I was so so lucky and gifted enough today to have been shown this incredible video of a beautiful gentleman who is probably one of the only other men who I would absolutely love to wake up every day and have him give me some direction and I could go pound it out or I just would love to be guided by joe in the quest to learn more about medicinal plants. I’ve been doing gardening and landscaping my entire life even on the side as I worked several real jobs because there’s something inside my body that needs to be helping my plants… sick plants and tree’s are pretty ignored around a city area where I have lived and I’ve found after 53 years my soul needs to help those suffering trees and plants and I don’t need money… I’m definitely not a fan of the societal system that I’ve been born into… capitalism is that extremely cold and nasty system for trading some services or goods… I’m just not really happy about this world where everyone is always trying to win a argument or break down the other people and take advantage of their hard work or cut their projects value simply to save more fake wealth! Value and wealth and from your heart not your wallet
Picture it happening every day when you drift off to sleep. Imagination and loving intent can bring dreams into being. Best wishes from Australia
Hi Joe, thank you
Just subscribed! Really enjoyed this video.Found this channel through Peter Santenellos video.
RIP Joe. I learned to much from your videos. Thank you.
I love nature, but this made me emotional a few times. Great work.
I feel as if I’ve just been given a gift. A very special important gift. I will absolutely be there the very moment I am suppose to be. And as soon as I can be. 🤠❤️💡
Dr. Bertrand,
Listening to your conversation with Joe Hollis today caused me to look inward. I was reminded that all the countless days and nights I spent alone in the Sonoran desert infused me with an awareness you men spoke of.
From 5 years old I wandered just outside of my home town of Yuma, Arizona into the peace and quiet of the stark sands and dry Mesquite. From the first visit there it was clear to me what many others my age did know. This was a place teeming with life. I saw and felt and heard what was there.
And never once did I feel alone or in jeopardy. Every animal and insect and plant infused me with a calmness I found nowhere else. I began walking in life with that peace. My peers in grade school could see it in me. They thought I was weird, and expressed the bewilderment by calling me "Nature Boy", after the Nat King Cole song that was in revival on the radio then. They did not know what to think of someone who spoke to birds and wall lizards and touched trees and plants.
I was no magical being as the song spoke of, and I remain as unremarkable today. Yet I feel that unknowingly there was a benefit from being out there so often. I was never stung or pecked by any flying creature - bird or wasp. I have never had a headache nor the flu, and it took until I was past four years into college before I missed a single day of classes from illness - from Kindergarten onward. Mono visited me while attending night classes to try once again for an upper division degree. But that was from burning the proverbial candle at both ends. So the desert and lucky genetics helped my young body and mind.
The only point to my story is that listening to the silence out there allowed me to hear and see and feel things that we too often miss. Twice a year, in the early spring after the first thaw and light rain, then again in the fall before the first freeze there is sea of pastel red and purple covers the desert floor for just a few days. If you are lucky you can catch a glimpse of it by bending down and looking out across the land to see the sand disappear beneath a wash of color.
Many times Mocking birds would follow me around during walks, chirping and fussing as I mimicked their noise, to their great displeasure. I have been close to wild cats, foxes, snakes, and many other critters without incident. It seemed to me that everything out there is trying so hard to survive that there is little energy left for aggression. But at 71 years old now I remain naive.
I just wanted to share a bit of these experiences with you so you can know that I understand some of what you feel.
Happy Trails from an old desert rat.
Larry Keyes
I love you Mr Hollis
What beautiful ideas and beautiful logic. How simple yet enormous love has been allowed to be a law into this man.
This channel popped up so I'm watching this video now & wow, this is so beautifully photographed & relaxing chat with an amazing pair of blokes who know exactly what thier talking about.
This is a fractal world & Carbon based & we are made of the same ingredients as plants.
It's almost as if I'm watching a living example of the 9 prophecies of the book called " The celestine prophecy "
Love from a gardener in Australia. 😀
My eyes well with tears and I want to cry listening to this. My soul knows these words.
Good health,spiritual happiness and an abundance of organic wealth.
So grateful. I feel so much more in tune with the wild/garden that I am blessed to be a co-creator of. So Good to hear and experience you both.
GOD get's ALL the credit for HIS beautiful CREATION~
This is utterly beautiful and inspiring 🙏🦋❤️🌼
What a patient man you are Joe.
Joe has fully inspired me to turn my ground to a food forest and a sanctuary at the same time. Thank you, Joe. I love you already!!
I have been saying the same about beauty for years-it has an evolutionary function! That is in informing us about ecosystem health. We can’t standardize beauty, but it can lead us the way to restoring the land’s natural wholeness, the health of the land.
I came across Joe Hollis through a video from Pete Santerra. I've been independently studying permaculture, sustainable housing, organic gardening for more than 10 years and am interested in earthship builds, Cobb housing, earthbag shelter builds, etc. I admire Joe's philosphy on detaching from the monetary system and I think it's too bad that these "practitioners" have moved in and found a way to monetize his property by charging thousands of dollars (and I suspect to facilitate these drug induced hallucination camp experiences that have become popular), instead of helping fulfill Joe's dream of actually creating a communal living experience for like-minded lovers of Gaia.
Joe your the inspiration I’ve been looking for never cared about the Internet so I just found you in my older age ! I’m trying to learn gardening and herbs and would love to learn tinctures! I’ve made two. I’m been wanting to move as well … thinking off grid . However what you’ve done is a blessing and amazingly beautiful ! I wish I wouldn’t been so closed mined when I was in my thirties I’d be there with you now! Looking forward to your teachings as I’m eager to learn! Oh I’m 25 minutes from Chapel Hill my friend bread n born. Ready to spread wings to my calling.
What a beautiful place and this journey is such inspiration ❤❤❤
God's blessings to all Amen 😇🙏😇
This was such a beautiful documentary and what an incredible being Joe Hollis is. This just made me feel such joy. Thankyou 🙏🙏💚💚
Hi Joe- just got turned on to your channel & work! NAMASTÉ! I spent 15 years above Taos, N M learning with Muna @ the Snow Mansion Gardens. Our community practices Bio Dynamic gardening. Äm now on my own little half acre in NW Arkansas. My work is named The One Leaf Revolution; as the land yields mostly rocks 😅! But, I do have many deciduous trees, and knew how to make them into dirt. Not quick or easy; but there’s the lesson of coexistence with our Earth Mother! Äm also still a student after a mere 52 years of my 61 years being conscious of the way plants work. Thanks for your work and hope you have many years to come! ☮️& Power to the Plants 🌱
Hello, I am from Indonesia. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and knowledge. God bless you and I appreciate you!
Joe is a hero. I'm learning so much from his work!
What a brilliant man! He will be truly missed!!
I aspire daily to be like Joe! ❤❤❤
Good to see you Joe! Bob Burns and I used to come to the permaculture gatherings at Celo until we moved out west, and then to Illinois. So maybe we'll see you again some day soon! And I agree with you about no "design", just let nature show you what to do.
very beautiful and wise. Thank you.
I really appreciate the content and information from Joe and all involved. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for charing love it.
Wow. I’m spending the rest of my day outside!❤🌎🌿🐍🐓🦆🦅🐝🪱🐜🪲🦋🦌🦡🌲🌳🍄
This is my dream…but I don’t have very much knowledge but I’d be a sponge…watching all Joe’s videos now!
❤❤❤❤❤ inspiring Joe.
Well done for making a beautiful documentary resonant with the energy of Gaia 🌟
Such a beautiful place Joe . Thank you for sharing
Thank you 🙏
Fantastic Interview Joe. Your garden is so inspiring. I agree with your thoughts on permaculture too. It is becoming more and more intrusive.
What a wonderful man❤
Thank you SO much for this!
Many thanks for this. So inspiring and beautiful.
Mr. Joe Hollis visited our school at Long Ikang Baram Sarawak Malaysia when I was little. He was one of the PCB (Peace Corps Volunteers) back then. That must have been in the year between 1968-1970. Happy for him. Nice to hear that he is well and fine. Wishing him well and longevity. God blessing. Immanuel❤
So Beautiful 👍❤️💯
Absolutely inspirational, thank you.
Beautiful film